Bates & Bates

Firm overview:

Bates & Bates (B&B) is a 100% women-owned boutique law firm providing intellectual property and corporate expertise to its clients. With locations in Atlanta, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, California, Washington and London, the firm has established itself as a leader in trademark counselling and management.

Its trademark clients own some of the most identifiable and valuable trademarks in the world, including The Coca-Cola Company as well as prominent US guitar manufacturer Gibson. Attorneys’ experience includes prosecution and opposition, litigation and alternative dispute resolution skills.

Team overview:

Founder Andrea Bates’ practice includes trademark, patent, copyright, domain name and related IP matters. As IP counsel he focuses on trademark matters, for significant trademark owners around the world, including Gibson Brands, The Coca-Cola Company and Chemours, a US chemical company.

Bates specialises in coordinating worldwide portfolios from a global procurement, maintenance, enforcement and strategic management perspective.

Danise Lopes is head of the global trademark team at Bates & Bates, specialising in trademark law and strategic leadership. Lopes’ career is built on significant in-house positions, as former head of intellectual property at The Coca-Cola Company; director of IP at Jacuzzi Group; and head of trademarks at Reckitt Benckiser.

Paula Guibault is a partner at Bates & Bates and is co-chair of the Trademark Group. With more than 25 years’ global trademark experience, Guibault assists clients with trademark strategy, complex IP risk analysis, trademark prosecution and IP enforcement and litigation.

Prior to joining Bates & Bates, Guibault was head of trademarks for The Coca-Cola Company. Prior to that she was senior intellectual property counsel for the National Football League for ten years.

Clients:

The Coca-Cola Company, Jacuzzi Group, Gibson guitars, Chemours.